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Self-talk, self-directed verbal thinking, is a commonly experienced phenomenon but remains under-... more Self-talk, self-directed verbal thinking, is a commonly experienced phenomenon but remains under-researched. Within the past few decades, self-compassion has emerged as a resilience factor with implications for positive mental health, while self-criticism has been a central marker of a wide range of psychopathologies. To date, no research has directly investigated the effects of psychological mindsets of self-compassion and self-criticism as manifested in self-talk with a particular emphasis on the valence dimension (positive, negative) of self-talk. Two hundred thirty-three participants were recruited from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and completed the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003a), Levels of Self-Criticism Scale (LSCS; Thompson & Zuroff, 2004), and Self-Talk Inventory (STI; Calvete et al., 2005). Our results show that self-compassion, which is regarded as an adaptive mindset, is related to the higher likelihood of engaging in positive styles of self-talk. The resul...
Self-talk, self-directed verbal thinking, is a commonly experienced phenomenon but remains under-... more Self-talk, self-directed verbal thinking, is a commonly experienced phenomenon but remains under-researched. Within the past few decades, self-compassion has emerged as a resilience factor with implications for positive mental health, while self-criticism has been a central marker of a wide range of psychopathologies. To date, no research has directly investigated the effects of psychological mindsets of self-compassion and self-criticism as manifested in self-talk with a particular emphasis on the valence dimension (positive, negative) of self-talk. Two hundred thirty-three participants were recruited from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and completed the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003a), Levels of Self-Criticism Scale (LSCS; Thompson & Zuroff, 2004), and Self-Talk Inventory (STI; Calvete et al., 2005). Our results show that self-compassion, which is regarded as an adaptive mindset, is related to the higher likelihood of engaging in positive styles of self-talk. The resul...